At about 4,500 years old, these harps are the world's oldest stringed instruments ever discovered. Queen Puabi's lyre was made of wood, most of which decayed over the millennia. During excavations ...

On Wednesday night at the Library of Congress, the opportunity to hear some of history’s most finely crafted instruments ...

It is the oldest known instrument, having existed in one form or another ... Without the column seen on modern harps, they could not support much string tension. Between 700-1000 AD, frame harps ...

the craft of building string instruments reached a state of near-perfection in a humble workshop in Cremona, Italy. The craftsman’s name is still known around the world more than 300 years later ...

In Old Poland the haunting sound of this string instrument frequently accompanied the voices of vagabond singers performing for handouts. These artists, who would often play themselves, were proud of ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Sitarmakers of Miraj, India, have been crafting musical instruments out of pumpkins for almost 200 years. They are known for making the tanpura, a string ...